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More photos of Kim Kardashian’s awful style. [INFDaily]
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kaiser… KAISER! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG *gasp* 1977 Harrison Ford and Simon LeBon in the same post? If you had a shot of Shaun Cassidy in there, Mr. Rochester would be calling the paramedics. My pre-teen self just took a moment to excuse herself (listening to Save A Prayer, of course).

Too bad Zac Efron can’t act, he would be a decent Han perhaps?

That cat post is a riot. My cat is named Loki for a reason; he will probably kill a mouse, drop the torso off on my lawn and take the head – you know, the good part – to some other woman’s house and cough up a hairball on her rug that night. Beautiful furry bastard…

Anywoo, I’m torn: I’d love to watch a whole series of movies only and specifically about Han Solo; on the other hand, though… Han is only and forever Harrison Ford. No one else can take that place. Harrison is a mithycal figure that trines with Han Solo and Indiana Jones. Nobody could ever interfere with that trinity! It would be a sacrilege.

Kellan Lutz thinks Kellan Lutz is the PERFECT young Han Solo. Kellan Lutz can outrun Imperial Starships. Kellan Lutz can make the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. Kellan Lutz looks great in vests. This part is made for Kellan Lutz.

First Blake Lively, then Brad Pitt, and now Giselle? Chanel used to be the epitome of snooty French chic. Not anymore. Giselle does not have the face for a high-class make-up brand. Great body yes, and great catwalk look. But her face is harsh and borderline horsely looking.

Lol I meant to write not well educated. I like Gisele and don’t understand the vitriol thrown at her. Yes she made some pretentious remarks when talking about childbirth and how natural is the best option yadda yadda yadda, but I honestly think she did it because of how c sections are perceived in her HOME country. Women don’t have options regarding birth just a c section and you’re done, so of course she’s going to make natural childbirth more important. If people have a problem with her for that reason then I’m just saying there might be underlying cause. She also apologized in a nice way.

Yes, she is smart about how she’s made her money. She’s at least done it with more class than Simpson. She doesn’t have a reality show, she doesn’t default to desperate attempts to stay relevant, she hasn’t pimped out her baby. She’s relied on her modeling contracts and the occasional two bit film role. And she appears to be in a stable relationship with Tom Brady, a loving mother, and a loving stepmother. Sorry, I like the woman and think she gets judged quite unfairly here.

Chanel has lost the plot in terms of branding. Don’t they realise whenever people see Giselle in a print ad all they see is her, not the product? She’s a “visual vampire” – an real marketing term for those people who are so well known that they are more identifiable than the brand they’re supposed to be representing. The 90′s supermodels got to this point (Linda!, Christy!, Helena!, Cindy! etc) which is why the designers banded together and put a stop to it and started hiring unknowns so that people looked at their clothes instead of the girls.

So true. Between her, other odd looking models like Liberty Ross, actresses/starlets like KStew, Brad Pitt for perfume and every reality “star”, being the “face” of anything beauty or fashion related product has become pretty meaningless. With photoshop and other technology even famous women who are actually beautiful are made to look bizarre and/or like completely different people. I wish that they would bring back the old, gorgeous Catherine Deneuve for Chanel type ad campaigns. If I want to see odd and average I can just look in the mirror.

At least they are using models; tired of seeing actressess cashing in and hogging these jobs don’t they make enough money, Sorry I don’t want to see Sofia,Ellen,Bouncy,Swifty and others it’s just money grubbing; that’s why ads in the 80s/90s were so much better – check out Revlon’s Unforgettable faces ads that ran from 87 – 91, and please tina fey for Garnier she should be embarassed esp. since she fancies herself some sort of lib savant and yet she’ll grab some quick cash shilling in a hair product ad.

It used to be that models wanted to be actresses. Now, actresses want to be models! You haven’t made it as an ‘actress’ unless you’ve got a beauty contract these days. How the likes of Emma Watson and Mila Kunis ever managed to land a contract with posh Paris brands is beyond me.

I think it has to do with the numbers on magazine sales. When they started putting KNOWN actresses in the covers, sales shot up. With that reasoning, fashion/makeup marketing favors an actress over a generally unknown (though potentially familiar faced) model.

Yes, I agree. It’s all down to celeb culture. If you put a gorgeous but anonymous model in your ads, it’s not going to attract anything like the media attention you’ll get from using an actress or other celeb who’s already famous. And other than Giselle, Kate Moss and Natalia Vodionova, there aren’t many models (I’m not counting underwear models mostly famous for their boyfriends) who are celebs in their own right these days.

That said, I wish these posh brands were a bit choosy in who they hire. Marion Cotilliard or Charlize Theron for Dior? Fine. They both have impeccable style. But Mila Kunis with her tatty tracksuits? What were they thinking of!

I don’t understand why people hate GiseLe so much, she’s an established model with a strong personality. Sure she’s opinionated, but all her opinions seem to be well based and it sure beats almost everyone in Hollywood who are too scared to say anything even remotely of substance.

Thank god someone put that down! I’ve been a fan since she was on the millenium edition cover of Vogue and in reality she is is known in the business for being sweet, professional, hard working and friendly. I also think she is frequently taken out of context and people rely on 6 word statements for example, out of a 3000 word article!

LOL! I don’t think she has a *bad* face. Though not beautiful, she’s very striking looking, not the sort of face you’d forget. But it is also NOT the sort of face which suits a posh French brand like Chanel. Her features are too harsh and unfeminine. Compare her with any previous Chanel models and you’ll see what I mean.

I don’t actually. Genuinely. Compared to Nicole Kidman who has red hair? To Kate Moss’s rictus smile? Compared to a very, androgynous looking Kiera Knightley? All of them have a quirk to be honest, it really is about the eye of the beholder!

If anything, both models’ features look sharper and more distinct than Gisele’s. Gisele is not out of place with Chanel’s aesthetic nowadays. Karl has been experimenting with the appeal of the brand. He’s been hiring more and more models with sharp features whose faces just jump out of photos and draw the eye right away. Karl has been drawn to “handsome women” as his models for some years now.

Some of Karl’s favourite models from years past include Gemma Ward who can look like an ‘alien’ on her best day and Natalia V. with the bushy eyebrows and intense eyes.

@ Belle Epoch…Well nor are you an expert on motherhood, and nor am I for that matter! But I like that the world is free enough to be able to express opinions right? Otherwise you wouldn’t be able to express yours on this blog!

Oh I prefer to remember Simon Le Bon hotness sitting on the front of a yacht singing “Rio” than a bad reject from a circus. Please please tell me now that that mustache is for a role in something. No wonder Yasmin is walking behind him!

Gisele is looking tired and looks like she got a good amount of weight not good enough for people who were expecting to see her overweight due to pregnancy. I’m sure her body will look absolutely fabulous in few months after hardcore work out.

Looks like your head is at the same place as Gisele is when she is posing for pictures, you are lazy to make up one single interesting comment.

Gisele’s Twitter doesn’t have anything related to parenting and there are very few stuff related to her private life in there.
Her official site, blog and Facebook are the only places where she gives out little bits of her private life and there is no parenting lessons in any of them.